Climate Change Adaptation in Practice: From strategy development to implementation - Couverture rigide

 
9780470977002: Climate Change Adaptation in Practice: From strategy development to implementation
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0470977000 ISBN 13 : 9780470977002
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

Synopsis

Climate change adaptation is increasingly recognized as complementary part to climate change mitigation. Climate change affects sea level, the extent of flood prone areas and precipitation patterns among many others. To adapt to these changes, the tasks of municipalities and cities are to implement policies and strategies for changes in land use and coastal management as part of their future development. It is of vital importance to address the uncertainties of climate change scenarios when proposing adaptation measures that are socially viable and economically reasonable. The decision making process, promoted here, is based on scientific excellence as well on an integrated communication process.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of key elements required for effective analysis and assessment of climate change impacts, economic cost-benefit analysis, communication processes and creation and transfer of knowledge, governance issues and implementation of related policies. It describes the results achieved by the BaltCICA (www.baltcica.org) project whose contributors come from the scientific and public administration communities. The regional cooperation has led to the implementation of climate change adaptation in several case studies. The BaltCICA project developed concepts, methodologies and tools for climate change adaptation that can be translated across other global regions.

Scientists and students working on the development of climate change and adaptation strategies; public administrators in the related fields on local, regional and state level including environment, water management, civil defense; as well as professionals working with adaptation technologies, including engineering, technological solutions, urban planning agencies and construction, will value this innovative book.

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À propos de l?auteur

Philipp Schmidt-Thomé, Geological Survey of Finland

Johannes Klein, Aalto University, Finland

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0470977000
ISBN 13 
9780470977002
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
338
Éditeur
Schmidt-Thome Philipp, Klein Johannes
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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